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Primary Health Care, part of the NHPR series Profiles in Health Care, brings together national and local experts to discuss the different federal health care plans of the Bush Administration, Congress and the Democratic Presidential candidates and what they would do or not do for Granite Staters. Find out what these plans have in common and how they differ walk away with a better understanding on how those running for the Oval Office are proposing to fix or change the Health care system. The show's featured guest is Dr. Kenneth Thorpe, Robert W. Woodruff Professor and Chair of the department of health policy and management at the Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for the Clinton Administration (1993 - 1995). Other guests include Ned Helms, Director of the New Hampshire Institute of Health Policy and Practice as well as several of the men and women who were profiled in the Profiles in Health Care series.

America's got the flu blues. Out West it hit early and hard and now the east may be in for some more misery. But the country is virtually out of vaccine. We'll find out how that happened and why it's apparently so difficult to predict and prepare for the flu. Laura's guests are Dr. Jesse Greenblatt, State Epidemiologist, and David Ropeik, Director of Risk Communications at the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis. Laura will also talk to Dr. John Modlin, Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine at Dartmouth Medical School.

Governor Craig Benson says he will set up a state program to import prescription drugs from Canada.

Benson's proposal is opposed by federal officials, but the governor says he will flout Washington to save money for New Hampshire citizens.

New Hampshire Public Radio?s Josh Rogers reports.

More and more Americans are finding cheaper prescriptions across the border in Canada. Now some cities and states including New Hampshire would like to do the same. But others warn that drugs from the True North may not be safe. Today, we'll debate the idea of importing prescription drugs from Canada. Laura's guests are David Gross, A Senior Policy Advisor with the AARP?s Public Policy Institute. Jeff Truit, Media spokesman for Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, PHRMA. Michael Albano, Mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts and Roland Lamy, Senior Consultant and Principal at the Helms Company, based in Concord.

With the legislature’s approval, the Department of Health and Human Services plans to cut its budget by 20 million dollars over the next two years.

HHS officials and some lawmakers say these cuts are designed to have the least impact possible.

The final details have not been worked out, but one community is worried about the future of its fledgling drug and alcohol treatment program.

New Hampshire Public Radio’s Dan Gorenstein reports.